Al-Mutaffifin 83:15 - Linguistic Miracle

No! Truly they, from their Rabb - that day - will be barred

This time, ( كلا No!) is a call to stop and desist from rusting and staining the hearts. The meaning of Rabb has been explained before.

Secondly, this verse affirms that we will see Allah on judgment day according to the standard position of the first three generations of the Muslims, as well the major scholars after them. We will see Allah, but our vision of Him, will not fully grasp or encompass Him as the Qurʾān says:

لَّا تُدْرِكُهُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

Vision cannot grasp Him, but He grasps all vision; He is the Subtle, the Aware (6:103) With that said, and the apparent meaning affirmed, this implies further meanings in addition to these people being barred from seeing Allah because the verse omits the first part of the construct phrase to create generality. They will be barred from seeing Allah. They will be barred from the mercy of Allah. They will be barred from talking to Allah. They will be declared unfit to engage with the king. Just as a king only accepts

those subjects into his court who are worthy to enter it, so will Allah not accept them into His court, into His presence, love, care, and mercy on judgment day. The use of the word Rabb compliments these meanings as well. For example, imagine your mother, who raised you with deep love, gets upset with you so much that she refuses to even see you until death itself. This will hurt you more then lets say, your cousin who visits you once a year turning away from you. The more the love that exists, the more the separation will hurt. Now Allah is your Rabb and He is more loving to us than our own mothers as has been stated in a ḥadīth. On judgment day, the disbeliever will recognize this, he will admit the favors Allah bestowed on him in the world, the kindness Allah displayed to him, and the blessings with which Allah blessed him in this life. He will admit that Allah showed him more love than his own mother. In fact, the love his mother showed to him is also because of Allah Himself. When he gets barred from Allah, he will be more hurt and overwhelmed, than if his mother refuses to see him until death. To communicate this hurt and pain that the disbeliever will experience on judgment day, Allah uses the word Rabb, instead of the name “Allah.” This is also why the phrase “their Rabb” is foregrounded and advanced for emphasis and prominence.

“That day” goes back to verse 6, to the day when mankind stands for the Rabb of ʿĀlamīn. Remember, Allah said that since He is the Rabb, it necessitates that He bring people to account on judgment day and bring justice to those who were wronged. Here, He emphasizes that He was the Rabb of those who wronged others as well. But they misused his kindness to wrong people who are also under His care. Hence, He must redeem them.